The Walking Challenge has concluded for another year, and we would like to congratulate everyone who participated!
Throughout the Challenge, there were a number of prizes on offer donated by our partner organisations Medibank, HESTA, Aware Super and Maxxia, as well as rewards for the top-performing teams. We would like to acknowledge the amazing effort that all teams put in and celebrate the prize winners below.
Top 5 teams
Highest steps achieved overall.
1st place – Kingston NW2 Team, 2,951,184 steps
Christian Gementiza, Karen Humphreys, Karly Mittermayr and Daryl Gementiza
2nd place – BME Trailblazers Mk3, 2,929,542 steps
Paul Burmeister, Clare Stronach, Mark Wooden and Mark Wang
3rd place – Just Kids at Heart, 2,913,097 steps
Kristian Pikines, Belinda Warrin, Corinne Smith and Francine Ross
4th place – CASEY HIS, 2,907,702 steps
Caitlyn Budge, Tara Harvey, Emma Loran and Laruen Scicluna
5th place – Sassy Girls, 2,727,9788 steps
Seethal Babu, Tinashe Gimani, Supipi De Silva and Marigold Uy
Spirit Award
Most valuable member as voted by team members.
- Ashima Abbott (from team Aspiring Cranberries)
- Jordan Jago (from team Modified Bruce)
Step Up Awards
Selected from teams who reached over 1,120,000 steps.
- Complex Care Clayton (Meihi Cai, Leanne Robertson, Wiaosai Wang and Alfred Reyes)
- Aspiring Cranberries (Rachel Sushma, Ashima Abbott, Jerin John and Comatola Parker)
- Language Services (Liang Zhang, Gregoria (Lina) Andreou, Angela Nikolitsis and Pauline Cao)
Top 3 Most Improved Teams
Teams who made the most improvement from the first week to the last week of the Challenge.
- Findin’ a Cure (Emma Hoja, Joanne Mifsud, Aiza Blas and Penny Macquire)
- Koala (Deepthi Thirimanna, Rukhshana Hussaini, Mhikee Sanchez and Amandeep Kaur)
- Meconium Happens (Sahar Ashori, Susanna Seamer, Mel Bartlett and Karina Gresle)
Bonus prizes
Selected from participants who completed the Pre and Post Challenge surveys and the weekly lucky draw.
- Sarah Cleary (from team Sole Sisters)
- Phillip Chen (from team Social Distances, pictured left)
- Kingston NW2 Team (team weekly lucky draw winner, pictured right)
Keep an eye out for the winners of the ‘Share Your Journey’ competition which will be shared shortly.
We encourage all participants to keep aiming for 10,000 steps a day and to continue connecting with teammates, friends and family when we may be physically apart.
For resources on health and wellbeing, visit the Monash Health COVID-19 employee website.
Approved by Karen Lowe.